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Earlier text: Denominational Institutions—Table 2

Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions

Church and Conference Work

No.	Name of Conference or Mission	Organized (a)	Population (b)	Number of Churches	Membership	Number of Companies	Membership	Number of Isolated Sabbath-Keepers	Total Sabbath-Keepers	Total Tithe Receipts	Tithe per Capita (c)	Number of Church Buildings	Estimated Value	Approximate Seating Capacity	Ordained Ministers	Licensed Ministers	Licensed Missionaries	Book and Periodical Canvassers	Total Laborers (d)	Retail Value of Book and Periodical Sales
	Un. Confs. in United States
1	General Conference (f)	1883							2,128	11					30	9	6		63	403,990 44
2	Atlantic Union Conf.	1901	15,666,295	180	5,059	12	81	375	5,515	95,798 96	17 37	64	141,000 00	9,100	57	12	94	111	275	57,086 13
3	Central Union Conf.	1902	7,188,488	243	8,272	28	120	951	9,343	122,759 95	13 14	149	218,053 00	24,537	62	30	63	70	255	57,170 11
4	Columbia Union Conf.	1907	20,080,867	203	6,576	12	72	271	9,919	106,554 81	15 40	93	137,405 00	14,000	57	23	61	81	224	92,094 00
5	Lake Union Conference	1901	13,488,500	383	11,297	25	182	343	11,822	167,932 32	14 21	219	308,475 00	40,142	69	35	79	135	320	84,952 08
6	Northern Union Conf.	1902	5,399,422	252	6,003	6	99	668	6,770	100,943 61	14 91	117	147,400 00	16,440	48	29	51	84	212	44,657 92
7	North Pacific Un. Conf.	1906	2,580,758	155	6,476	8	50	265	6,791	115,931 49	17 07	107	142,000 00	18,290	45	27	43	93	208	53,085 78
8	Pacific Union Conf.	1901	3,037,129	140	3,396	17	189	222	3,807	266,158 50	18 23	109	266,198 00	20,125	65	29	60	83	237	66,036 42
9	Southeastern Un. Conf.	1908	7,845,410	86	2,188	5	50	102	2,310	49,375 00	15 90	53	49,750 00	7,750	27	16	20	84	153	46,478 10
10	Southern Union Conf.	1901	9,304,306	78	1,890	12	80	147	2,117	34,011 44	16 06	39	40,750 00	6,475	28	15	69	66	184	39,238 49
11	Southwestern Un. Conf.	1902	7,455,447	140	4,584	9	61	265	4,890	57,318 41	11 72	78	88,468 00	13,240	46	15	44	177	282	97,223 82
12	Totals for 1911		92,036,622	1,860	60,691	134	984	3,609	65,284	1,001,675 66	15 34	1,028	1,560,024 00	166,089	534	240	626	984	2,413	1,042,813 20
13	Totals for 1910		92,036,622	1,837	59,060	177	1,318	3,539	65,917	932,519 76	14 50	909	1,432,166 75	167,727	534	269	583	829	2,237	964,102 26
14	Gain for 1911			23	1,631			70	1,367	69,155 80	75	29	127,857 25				43	155	161
	Union Confs. in Canada
15	Canadian Union Conf.	1901	5,829,330	40	908	13	108	108	1,124	12,193 74	10 85	21	26,600 00	3,100	11	6	15	21	54	13,747 75
16	West. Canadian U. Conf.	1907	1,646,869	42	1,043	4	43	393	1,479	28,664 15	19 38	23	35,406 70	1,900	16	7	22	51	96	29,300 93
17	Totals for 1911		7,476,199	82	1,951	17	151	501	2,603	40,857 89	15 69	44	62,006 70	5,000	27	13	37	72	150	43,048 68
18	Totals for 1910		7,011,508	80	1,813	8	49	515	2,377	34,401 74	14 47	38	35,325 00	4,470	24	16	34	37	111	27,747 29
19	Gain for 1911		464,606	2	138	9	102		226	6,456 15	1 22	6	6,681 70	530	3		3	35	39	15,301 39
	Australasian Union for 1911	1894	5,763,657	121	4,311	23	149	224	4,684	86,094 24	18 38	73	91,676 26	10,764	37	26	88	79	230	102,799 87
20	Totals for 1910		41,137,235	123	4,172	24	191	234	4,597	75,551 76	16 44	69	73,661 73	10,504	31	26	63	100	254	88,787 62
21	Gain for 1911				139				87	10,542 48	1 94	4	18,014 53	205	6		25			14,012 35
	European Union Confs.
22	General														1				4
23	British Union Conf.	1902	45,216,665	58	1,925	12	114	6	2,045	28,536 24	13 95	10	8,320 39	1,470	17	11	22	184	238	67,536 15
24	East German Un. Conf.	1909	76,088,345	74	3,822	190	3,270	84	7,176	86,675 81	11 91	1	6,000 00	400	37	35	70	208	357	66,295 25
25	Latin Union Conf.	1907	106,914,842	27	838	20	269		1,107	12,532 76	11 32	2	14,000 00	400	14	10	14	15	69	12,015 40
26	Levant Union Mission		51,774,621	7	149	21	175	22	346	2,178 20	6 29				7	5	6	17	42	1,038 88
27	Russian Union Conf.	1907	111,551,500	129	3,637				3,637	25,384 95	6 98	7	10,500 00	1,650	15	7	23	39	104	9,124 13
28	Scandinavian Un. Conf.	1901	13,705,155	94	3,205	5	41	32	3,368	28,134 15	8 55	8	42,393 21	1,405	15	10	32	77	138	72,931 46
29	Siberian Union Mission		47,728,000	53	1,007				1,007	3,196 46	3 17	1	200 00	100	7	3	9	7	20	795 64
30	West German Un. Conf.	1909	70,305,590	34	2,342	170	3,643	149	6,134	78,973 82	12 87	2	8,000 00	600	30	31	75	225	354	102,550 62
31	East African Missions		23,040,000	4	128				128	1,077 31	8 41				5	7	15		28
32	Totals for 1911		546,420,718	480	17,143	428	7,512	293	24,948	265,689 70	10 65	31	89,413 60	6,025	148	120	276	772	1,371	332,287 48
33	Totals for 1910		530,588,501	486	16,995	327	4,768	185	21,948	215,980 74	9 84	27	82,372 21	4,705	135	99	256	563	1,099	313,093 89
34	Gain for 1911		15,832,217		148	101	2,744	108	3,000	49,708 96	81	4	7,041 39	1,320	13	21	20	209	272	19,193 59
	Miscellaneous Union Confs.
35	South African Un. Conf.	1902	9,506,784	31	1,030	5	55	82	1,167	20,268 83	17 37	18	23,974 41	2,556	17	12	42	14	85	19,641 81
36	South Amer. Un. Conf.	1906	20,066,550	42	1,567	3	19	36	1,622	15,489 91	9 55	6	3,400 00	500	19	3	34	38	94	38,087 22
37	Brazilian Union Conf.	1911	21,624,000	35	1,233	11	175	14	1,422	14,668 09	10 31	19	7,000 00	1,445	6	4	10	10	36	4,016 10
38	West Indian Union Conf.	1906	15,176,956	104	3,959	54	462	231	4,652	16,976 26	3 65	76	35,903 00	9,377	24	13	40	32	109	23,480 91
39	Asiatic Division	1909	362,000,000	25	903	66	387	387	1,556	6,345 46	4 08	15	10,345 55	1,355	21	27	142	60	261	6,002 95
40	India Union Mission	1910	315,000,000	9	200	9	144	41	385	5,773 86	15 00	2	606 40	200	13	9	44	17	83
41	Miscellaneous Missions		18,111,708	10	390	17	191	71	652	3,751 46	5 74	6	8,475 00	800	6	8	19	18	51	15,479 61
42	Totals for 1911		761,485,798	256	9,282	165	1,312	862	11,456	83,272 87	7 27	142	89,704 36	16,503	106	76	331	189	713	106,706 60
43	Totals for United States		92,036,622	1,860	60,691	134	984	3,609	65,284	1,001,675 66	15 34	1,028	1,560,024 00	166,089	524	240	626	984	2,413	1,042,813 20
44	All other Countries		1,321,146,372	739	32,687	633	9,124	1,880	43,691	475,914 70	10 89	290	332,800 92	38,292	318	235	732	1,112	2,464	584,844 63
45	Grand Totals for 1911		1,413,182,994	2,799	93,378	767	10,096	3,489	120,875	1,477,350 25	13 56	1,318	1,892,834 92	304,381	852	475	1,358	2,096	4,377	1,627,657 83
46	Grand Totals for 1910		1,424,424,538	2,789	90,808	669	9,066	3,626	120,625	1,328,693 65	12 81	1,256	1,721,173 85	301,121	828	458	1,324	1,697	4,346	1,607,603 42
47	Gain for 1911			50	2,570	98	2,019		4,449	138,900 61	75	62	171,688 07	3,260	24	17	124	399	531
48	Per cent of Gain for 1911			1.08	4.14	14.64	25.00		4.32	10.38		4.94	9.97	1.62	2.89	3.71	10.05	23.51	12.22

For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1911—Table 1

For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1911 — Table 1.

	Amount of Tithe appropriated to Fields outside of Conference	Total Offerings to Foreign Missions (except for Offerings to Foreign Missions under 36)	Total Contributions for Home Mission Work	Total Contributions for Local Church Work	Number of Sabbath-Schools	Membership	Total Sabbath-School Contributions	Total Sabbath-School Offerings to Foreign Missions	Number of Church-Schools	Number of Teachers	Total Enrollment	Estimated Value of Buildings and Equipment	Expense of Annual Maintenance	Number of Young People's Societies	Membership	Contributions for Foreign Work	Contributions for Home Mission Work	Contributions for Local Society Work	Total Contributions
1		9,775 43
2		10,186 56	10,236 26	16,816 82	14,572 64	208	5,003	10,254 00	10,254 00	24	24	295	3,225 00	4,799 50	35	552	421 26	240 48	425 08
3		14,806 66	25,237 84	12,570 96	11,180 85	320	8,465	13,224 66	13,119 36	53	63	1,105	21,000 00	15,710 00	55	1,413	3,202 66	1,192 07	259 34
4		10,006 19	23,617 35	6,804 70	18,501 67	243	6,070	12,028 49	11,857 66	25	26	350	2,965 00	5,285 00	37	729	373 23	194 92	328 09
5		22,888 77	34,687 69	15,134 24	11,856 67	441	10,225	17,334 05	17,244 20	96	100	1,132	22,720 50	17,096 80	75	1,329	769 29	211 33	383 36
6		22,549 36	20,947 79	14,449 73	7,059 22	320	6,802	12,856 01	12,856 01	28	30	470	8,960 00	6,830 35	37	795	436 55	710 87	24 49
7		18,419 73	30,665 50	9,234 55	9,370 85	266	6,664	14,751 86	14,751 86	50	56	1,079	28,319 35	11,867 10	42	872	649 62	140 04	105 64
8		39,150 90	38,756 91	10,290 05	26,886 05	178	7,764	16,194 75	15,980 06	56	81	1,319	38,415 15	28,910 75	47	1,733	689 01	575 74	451 61
9		2,592 11	8,541 39	1,273 23	2,168 69	140	2,485	3,921 83	3,921 83	29	30	642	4,650 00	4,681 00	22	357	112 06	41 00	19 07
10		1,339 52	5,091 11	1,316 17	2,282 31	91	2,279	3,100 96	3,095 66	28	41	1,061	2,000 00	6,983 47	12	148	89 93	47 98	32 82
11		4,002 31	12,263 81	6,226 32	3,730 52	206	5,199	8,838 46	8,838 46	47	54	1,112	12,625 00	10,171 75	34	1,469	83 38	58 71	169 28
12	152,842 11	238,941 65	94,136 55	107,610 87	2,414	60,756	112,505 07	111,919 10	436	505	8,765	144,780 00	112,385 72	396	9,397	6,726 98	3,412 74	2,198 78	12,338 50
13	68,345 33	249,290 33	132,530 51	88,495 84	2,462	60,923	97,498 00	94,530 84	457	559	9,514	160,004 97	107,291 83	438	8,039	8,204 10	2,145 07	2,515 35	12,864 52
14	84,496 78			19,115 03			15,007 07	17,388 26					5,093 89		1,358		1,267 67
15	323 99	4,246 61	1,037 67	1,914 01	50	844	1,465 97	1,465 97	1	1	24			8	122	111 11	101 15	87 41	299 67
16	1,697 05	6,004 84	3,797 13	1,669 10	53	1,293	3,690 40	3,690 40	6	7	150	2,500 00	1,175 00	6	86	49 45	21 95	43 01	114 41
17	2,021 04	10,251 45	4,834 80	3,583 11	103	2,137	5,156 37	5,156 37	7	8	174	2,500 00	1,175 00	14	208	160 56	123 10	130 42	414 08
18		11,928 21	3,708 42	2,128 33	108	2,437	3,965 59	3,916 57	8	9	135	2,500 00	1,265 00	18	254	145 69	74 66	125 31	345 66
19	2,021 04		1,131 38	1,454 78			1,190 78	1,239 80			39					14 87	48 44	5 11
20	6,880 42	14,402 37	8,027 10	6,711 80	196	5,238	11,852 12	11,852 12	19	20	307	1,071 40	3,930 63	88	1,835	3,708 16	453 59	199 77	4,361 52
21	9,802 36	11,743 35	15,264 65	6,435 49	212	5,560	10,443 41	10,436 34	22	22	371	4,217 42	3,744 11	89	1,837	3,037 38	745 64	357 11	4,140 13
22		2,659 02		276 31			1,408 71	1,415 78					186 52			670 78			221 39
23	2,848 74	4,381 67	1,461 28	3,845 78	86	2,052	2,100 51	2,100 51						12	126	11 71	119 80	16 82	148 33
24	15,644 15	16,141 11	14,173 94		265	7,112	7,078 35	7,078 35						18	517	9 84	127 77	95 63	233 24
25	719 66	2,948 69	870 75	1,992 10	57	915	1,281 48	1,241 20						2	50		9 36		9 36
26		401 51	161 48	163 40	31	329	152 66	152 66
27	1,020 67	2,973 48			129	4,154	2,408 81	2,408 81
28	2,234 00	3,932 43			162	2,421	2,441 95	2,438 01	5	4	100	80 00	650 00	6	131	27 03			27 03
29		385 95			53	1,281	443 39	443 39
30	13,224 53	14,421 39	9,531 89		204	6,518	5,920 10	5,920 10						30	573	134 30	195 93		330 23
31		226 63			4	37	97 54	97 54	23	64	1,914
32	35,691 75	45,812 86	26,199 34	6,001 28	991	24,919	21,923 79	21,879 57	28	68	2,014	80 00	650 00	68	1,397	182 88	452 86	112 45	748 19
33	30,727 54	33,156 11	21,609 91	6,675 39	896	20,002	18,423 44	18,403 55	5	4	105	80 00	650 00	75	1,669	353 69	736 22	275 24	1,365 15
34	4,964 21	12,656 75	4,589 43		95	4,917	3,500 35	3,476 02	23	64	1,909
35			1,831 69	606 82	70	1,666	1,246 76	1,246 76	67	108	2,636	1,441 52	4,026 11	2	36		52 84		52 84
36		2,109 99	746 46	258 02	104	2,067	2,486 18	2,486 18	6	6	145	3,400 00	100 00	6	155			10 00	10 00
37	469 20	137 70	1,281 00		94	1,035	1,366 51	1,366 51	9	9	170			2	30
38			1,570 70	306 32	100	4,411	2,225 78	2,205 68	8	10	250	1,425 00	1,366 44	33	682			12 55	12 55
39			431 51	41 24	95	2,169	886 70	883 07	18	29	488	2,135 00	1,973 67	5	253			42 04	42 04
40				38 08	22	504	621 67	621 67	11	22	496	500 00	250 00
41		707 12	20 00	611 70	18	468	491 44	473 57	4	5	63	50 00	815 41	1	20	10 00			10 00
42	469 20	4,957 02	4,164 72	4,488 02	563	12,950	9,326 04	9,284 34	125	189	4,238	8,951 52	8,531 63	49	1,176	10 00	52 84	64 59	127 43
43	152,842 11	238,941 65	94,136 55	107,610 87	2,414	60,756	112,505 07	111,919 10	436	505	8,705	144,780 00	112,335 72	396	9,397	6,726 98	8,412 74	2,198 78	12,338 50
44	45,062 41	75,423 70	43,225 25	20,784 71	1,853	45,249	48,257 32	48,172 40	177	285	6,733	12,602 92	14,287 26	219	4,616	4,061 60	1,082 39	507 23	5,651 22
45	197,904 52	314,366 35	137,362 51	128,395 08	4,266	100,600	160,762 39	160,091 50	613	790	15,498	157,382 92	126,622 98	615	14,013	10,788 58	4,495 13	7,706 07	17,989 72
46	110,013 43	312,339 32	185,397 26	108,252 76	4,157	101,161	138,037 72	134,830 48	594	758	13,357	175,613 12	122,243 78	647	12,498	11,773 00	3,710 85	3,322 28	18,807 03
47	87,804 69	2,026 03		20,142 32	116	4,829	22,724 67	25,261 02	19	32	2,141		4,379 20		1,605		784 28
48	79.89	2.75		18.61	2.79	4.78	16.46	18.74	3.20	1.22	16.03		3.58		12.93		21.14

The Statistical Report for 1911

By H. E. ROGERS

H. E. ROGERS

Statistical Secretary

THERE is presented herewith the forty-ninth annual statistical report of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Many changes and great development have come to this cause since its organization in 1863. Beginning in weakness and obscurity, yet gradually increasing in strength, extent, and influence, this cause has steadily progressed from year to year, reaching out into new territory, and taking hold of many new ways and methods of working, until there now stands developed a thorough, united organization for the accomplishment of the great work committed to this people. And this progress is manifested not alone in the home land, but throughout the ends of the earth. The extension of this cause in the various nations of the world, and to some of the remote regions of earth, is in direct fulfilment of the commission entered upon in taking up this work, and the success attending these efforts thus far is a cause for deep gratitude and rejoicing, and gives promise of still greater success.

Table 1

By reference to Table 1 it will be seen that the total number of communicants at the close of 1911 was 108,975, an increase during the year of 4,449, or 4.26 per cent. Of this number, 65,284, or 59.90 per cent, were in the United States, and 43,691, or 40.10 per cent, were outside the United States. The net gain for the United States was 1,367 (2.14 per cent), and outside the United States the net gain was 3,082 (7.59 per cent). With the present standings and rate of increase in the respective fields, not many years will elapse until the total communicants outside this country will equal the membership of the home land. And this can only be expected from the fact that the laborers outside this country now exceed in number those in the United States by 51, as indicated in Summary 4.

According to census returns, 76.30 per cent of the population is above ten years of age, and 23.70 per cent below that age. On that computation, then, the total number of the denomination is 142,824.

There are 2,799 organized churches, and 767 companies, conducting regular services. The total number of church buildings is 1,318. The approximate value of these buildings is $1,892,824.92, having a seating capacity of 204,381. In addition the valuation of church-school buildings and equipment is $157,382.92, making a total valuation of $2,050,207.84, or a per capita of $18.81, a gain of 66 cents per capita during the year. Of this valuation 83.17 per cent is in the United States, and 16.83 per cent outside this country. The per capita valuation in the United States is $26.11, and outside this country $7.92.

Remarks covering various phases of the report as illustrated in tables, summaries, etc., will be found under appropriate headings below. Table 1 includes only the combined union summaries, and not the reports for each local division. The full report will be issued in separate form and supplied later to all who require it.

Summary 1

This summary presents information regarding the valuation of churches and primary schools, total contributions, and communicants, by union conferences, at the close of 1911. The totals for each union are given in columns 2, 6, and 10; the percentage which each union total sustains to the group of which it is a part, is shown in columns 3, 7, and 11; while the percentages of the grand totals for the respective unions is exhibited in columns 4, 8, and 12. This presentation will suggest many comparisons, which should be of value to those connected with the work in the various unions. For instance, the United States shows 83.17 per cent of the value of church buildings and schools, 71.08 per cent of the total contributions, and 59.90 per cent of communicants. Outside the United States the value of church buildings and schools was 16.83 per cent; total contributions, 28.92, and of communicants, 40.10. The significance of these figures will be readily understood.

This summary indicates that the Pacific Union gave the highest total contributions per capita; viz., $32.17, and that the per capita valuation of the church buildings and schools in that union was the highest of any union, namely, $34.59.

Summary 2

Specifications regarding various financial items may be found in Summary 2. The tithe fund reached during 1911 the total of $1,477,590.26, or 62.53 per cent of all the funds raised during that year. The per capita amount was the highest ever attained, being $13.56.

Offerings to missions amounted to $485,245.43, or 20.54 per cent of the total funds, and a per capita of $4.45, for 1911. Including that portion of the tithe which was appropriated for foreign mission work, the total funds for this purpose amounted to $683,149.95, an annual increase of $114,192.82, or 20.07 per cent over the amount contributed for this purpose in 1910.

To the various lines of home mission work there was contributed $141,857.64, 6 per cent of the total funds, or $1.30 per capita. For local church work the contributions amounted to $258,394.96, or 10.93 per cent of the total funds, and $2.37 per capita.

The contributions by churches, in tithes and offerings, amounted to $2,057,713.20, constituting 87.08 per cent of the total funds; by departments, $305,375.09, or 12.92 per cent.

Summary 3

This summary gives the total amount of funds raised for all evangelistic purposes from 1863 to the present time, classified under tithe, Sabbath-school offerings, foreign mission funds, and home mission funds, under each of which is indicated the amount contributed in the United States, and the amount contributed from all other countries. This is the first comprehensive report of this kind ever issued by this denomination. In fact, for many years, under certain funds, not even an annual compilation was made previous to this one. If consideration be had as to the results shown, as well as to the time spent in securing this data, this summary is of more than passing importance. No truer picture of the financial growth of this cause could probably be shown than the facts presented in this summary. Information prior to 1905 is not given under columns 11, 12, and 13, under home mission funds, for the reason that no records were ever kept respecting these funds prior to that year. The summary will present the facts better than any explanation regarding it; but, in passing, attention is directed to the percentages for totals. These show that the divisions named have contributed to the funds specified, the following proportion of the total of each fund enumerated:—

	UNITED STATES	ALL OTHER COUNTRIES
Tithe	78.61	21.39
Sabbath-school	78.67	21.33
Foreign missions	84.82	15.18
Home missions	79.65	20.35
Total funds	79.52	20.48

The following interesting comparison is also shown by the percentages for the grand totals: For every $100 contributed since 1863, $70.80 was tithe, $6.45 Sabbath-school contributions, $13.04 foreign mission funds, $9.71 home mission funds.

For the year 1911 the percentages for these funds run as follows: Tithe 62.53, Sabbath-school contributions 6.80, foreign mission funds 13.76, and home mission funds 16.91. This does not indicate, for instance, that less tithe was paid in 1911 than the average for all the years, for the per capita in 1911 is the highest of any year; but these percentages show that more funds are being contributed in other lines, so that the aggregate contributions are greatly increased. This summary shows (col. 16) that more money was received during 1911 for evangelistic work than was contributed for all purposes during the first twenty-eight years after the organization of the General Conference, or from 1863 to 1890.

By column 16 it is shown that for the first ten years the total contributions were $185,378.60, and for the last ten years, $15,130,359.94, or an amount eighty-one times greater than that contributed from 1863 to 1872. The decade

from 1892 to 1901 shows a total of $5,196,104.87, or only about one third of the amount from 1902 to 1911.

The grand total contribution of $23,016,483.54, represents the united interest, devotion, and consecration of this entire body of people since the beginning of this work. The rate of increase in total contributions indicates nothing but continued devotion to the work of spreading to the ends of the earth the knowledge of this message.

Summary 4

In Summary 4 the United States and other countries are compared with respect to communicants, funds, and laborers, annually, from 1863 to 1911. This shows the total for each specification in each division, and the percentage which that amount sustains to the grand total. This summary will be of special value in studying by grand divisions the features of the work specified, and in showing the percentage relation which each division sustains to the other. For instance, the entire work of the denomination was confined to the United States until 1870, when .92 per cent of the membership was outside the United States. The growth outside this country continued until for the year indicated the figures for membership show that there was the following proportion:—

YEAR	PER CENT IN U. S.	PER CENT OUTSIDE U. S.
1880	95.37	4.63
1890	90.40	9.60
1900	81.19	18.81
1911	59.90	40.10

For funds the relation was:—

YEAR	PER CENT IN U. S.	PER CENT OUTSIDE U. S.
1880	98.55	1.45
1890	91.69	8.31
1900	82.40	17.60
1911	71.08	28.92

For workers the relation was:—

YEAR	PER CENT IN U. S.	PER CENT OUTSIDE U. S.
1880	98.45	1.55
1890	85.40	14.60
1900	72.40	27.60
1911	49.48	50.52

Thus the workers outside the United States at the present time are greater in number than those in this country, and this increase is only in keeping with the needs of the field; for the population of the United States constitutes only 6.46 per cent of the world's total population.

Possibly the most interesting portion of Summary 4 is column 12, in which is presented the per capita amount of the total contributions for all purposes from year to year. Beginning with a per capita of $2.29 in 1863, the various years increase as follows: 1870, $4.66; 1880, $4.35; 1890, $9.66; 1900, $8.74; 1906, $15.23; 1911, $21.68.

Summary 5

There are now 613 primary schools, and 89 intermediate schools, academies, and colleges. All these schools had 1,430 teachers, with an enrolment of 23,541. This number is practically one half of the young people of school age in the denomination.

Summary 6

This indicates the standing of the Missionary Volunteer Department. The total membership now stands at 14,013, or about one fourth of the entire available membership. The per capita contributions amount to $1.28 per year, 59.98 per cent of which is for foreign work.

Summary 7

Summary 7 presents figures regarding the Sabbath-school work since its inception. Column 6 indicates the manner in which the per capita contributions have increased from year to year, while column 8 shows the increase in the amount of donations to missions.

Summary 8

The sale of literature is an important feature in connection with the work of Seventh-day Adventists, and the amount of denominational literature sold during 1911 was $1,627,657.83. This makes a total of literature sales since the organization of approximately sixteen million dollars. This literature is issued from thirty-seven publishing houses and their branches, in seventy-one languages, in the form of approximately 340 bound books, 290 pamphlets, 1,100 tracts, and 125 periodicals. A collection of one copy of each is valued at about $500. These publishing houses have an investment of $1,648,328.20, and employ 645 persons. The number of persons engaged in the distribution of this literature is 2,096, 984 of whom are in the United States, and 1,112 outside this country.

Summary 9

This shows a total of 102 sanitariums and treatment-rooms, having assets amounting to $3,792,421.35. This is an increase of 12.60 per cent over the assets for the preceding year. The total number of persons engaged in this line of work now stands at 2,404, an increase during the year of 20.86 per cent.

Summary 10

This shows the total investment of the denomination in all lines of work to be $12,399,004.71, 64.15 per cent of which was for institutional work, and 35.85 per cent for evangelistic work. The total number of persons employed in all lines was 9,656, practically one half of which was engaged in each of the lines named. The net gain in valuation during 1911 was $1,765,738, or 16.60 per cent. The per capita valuation now stands at $113.78, a gain during the year of $12.05 per capita. This fact taken with the per capita contribution of $21.68 for the entire membership, is certainly a significant showing. The net gain in workers during 1911 was 1,392, or 16.84 per cent.

The sum of the entire report, then, is this: Investment in conferences, institutions, etc., was made during 1911 at a rate that constituted an increase over the amount for the preceding year, of

16.60 per cent, and the number of additional workers engaged during the year constituted an increase of 16.84 per cent. This cause has certainly shown very substantial and encouraging growth during 1911. The number of evangelists and institutional laborers now constitutes one for every eleven members. Their labors, consecrated to the service of God in the finishing of his work in the earth, inspired by zeal for him, and blessed by his Spirit, give hope for the glorious consummation of this message.

Value of Churches and Primary Schools; Total Contributions; Communicants.—Summary 1

Union	Value of Church Buildings and Primary Schools	Per Cent of Group	Per Cent of Grand Total	Valuation per Capita	Contributions—All Sources	Per Cent of Group	Per Cent of Grand Total	Total Contributions per Capita	Sabbath-keepers	Per Cent of Group	Per Cent of Grand Total
General Conference	...	...	...	...	$12,903.54	.77	.55	...	...	...	...
Atlantic	$144,225.00	8.46	7.03	$26.15	162,685.66	9.70	6.89	$29.49	5,515	8.45	5.06
Central	239,953.00	14.07	11.70	25.68	215,338.13	12.82	9.11	23.04	9,343	14.31	8.57
Columbia	160,270.00	9.40	7.82	23.16	173,688.26	10.34	7.35	25.10	6,919	10.60	6.35
Lake	331,195.50	19.43	16.16	28.01	265,407.05	15.80	11.23	22.45	11,822	18.11	10.85
Northern	156,360.00	9.17	7.63	23.09	164,258.62	9.78	6.95	24.26	6,770	10.37	6.21
North Pacific	170,319.35	9.99	8.31	25.08	192,636.63	11.47	8.15	28.37	6,791	10.40	6.23
Pacific	304,613.15	17.87	14.86	24.59	283,330.17	16.87	11.99	32.17	8,807	13.49	8.08
Southeastern	54,025.00	3.17	2.64	23.39	57,479.43	3.42	2.43	24.88	2,310	3.54	2.12
Southern	42,750.00	2.51	2.09	20.19	52,955.79	3.15	2.24	25.01	2,117	3.24	1.94
Southwestern	101,093.00	5.93	4.93	20.67	98,860.64	5.88	4.19	20.22	4,890	7.49	4.49
United States Totals	1,704,804.00	100.00	83.17	26.11	1,679,543.92	100.00	71.08	25.73	65,284	100.00	59.90
Canadian	26,600.00	41.23	1.30	23.66	21,157.67	31.93	.90	18.82	1,124	43.18	1.03
Western Canadian	37,906.70	58.77	1.85	25.63	45,115.03	68.07	1.91	30.50	1,479	56.82	1.36
Canadian Totals	64,506.70	100.00	3.15	24.78	66,272.70	100.00	2.81	25.46	2,603	100.00	2.39
Australasian	92,747.66	100.00	4.52	19.98	135,379.78	100.00	5.73	28.90	4,684	100.00	4.30
British	8,320.39	9.29	.41	4.07	40,473.81	11.03	1.71	19.79	2,045	8.20	1.88
East German	6,000.00	6.71	.29	.83	123,302.45	33.59	5.22	17.18	7,176	28.77	6.58
Latin	14,000.00	15.65	.68	12.64	19,635.14	5.35	.83	17.73	1,107	4.44	1.01
Levant	...	...	...	...	3,057.25	.83	.13	8.84	346	1.38	.32
Russian	10,500.00	11.73	.51	2.89	30,767.24	8.38	1.30	8.46	3,637	14.58	3.34
Scandinavian	42,473.21	47.46	2.07	12.61	35,185.56	9.59	1.49	10.45	3,368	13.50	3.09
Siberian	200.00	.22	.01	.19	4,024.80	1.10	.17	3.99	1,007	4.03	.92
West German	8,000.00	8.94	.39	1.30	109,177.43	29.75	4.62	17.79	6,134	24.59	5.63
East African	...	...	...	...	1,401.48	.38	.06	10.95	128	.51	.12
European Totals	89,493.60	100.00	4.36	3.59	367,025.16	100.00	15.53	14.71	24,948	100.00	22.89
South African	25,415.93	25.76	1.24	21.78	28,032.98	24.40	1.18	24.02	1,167	10.19	1.07
South American	6,800.00	6.89	.33	4.19	21,200.56	18.46	.90	13.07	1,622	14.16	1.49
Brazilian	7,000.00	7.10	.34	4.92	17,453.30	15.19	.74	12.27	1,422	12.41	1.31
West Indian	37,328.00	37.83	1.82	8.02	23,595.83	20.55	.99	5.07	4,652	40.61	4.27
Asiatic	12,480.55	12.66	.61	8.02	11,141.63	9.70	.47	7.16	1,556	13.58	1.43
India	1,106.40	1.12	.05	2.87	7,035.39	6.12	.30	18.27	385	3.36	.35
Miscellaneous	8,525.00	8.64	.41	13.07	6,407.13	5.58	.27	9.83	652	5.69	.60
Total for Mis. Fields	98,655.88	100.00	4.80	8.61	114,866.73	100.00	4.85	10.03	11,456	100.00	10.52
Totals outside U. S.	345,403.84	...	16.83	7.92	683,544.37	...	28.92	15.64	43,691	...	40.10
Grand Totals for 1911	$2,050,207.84	...	100.00	$18.81	$2,363,088.29	...	100.00	$21.68	108,975	...	100.00
Grand Totals for 1910	1,896,791.97	...	...	18.15	2,223,767.52	...	...	21.27	104,526	...	...
Net Gain for 1911	$153,415.87	...	...	$.66	$139,320.77	...	...	$.41	4,449	...	...
Per Cent of Gain for 1911	8.09	...	...	...	6.27	...	...	...	4.26	...	...

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